The version 3.3.2_p2-r1 does not install the library /lib/libproc.so as it is required by many packages; for example the open-vm-tools. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge sys-process/procps Actual Results: # equery f sys-process/procps * Searching for procps in sys-process ... * Contents of sys-process/procps-3.3.2_p2-r1: ... /lib/libprocps.so.0 -> libprocps.so.0.0.0 /lib/libprocps.so.0.0.0 ... Expected Results: The previous version provides "/lib/libproc.so" like expected: # equery f sys-process/procps * Searching for procps in sys-process ... * Contents of sys-process/procps-3.2.8_p11: ... /lib/libproc-3.2.8.so /lib/libproc.so -> libproc-3.2.8.so ...
The bug is in open-vm-tools, not procps *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 402279 ***